Jack White’s Third Man and John Fahey’s Revenant to Release The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-1932)

Jack White's Third Man and John Fahey's Revenant to Release The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-1932)

Last year, Jack White‘s Third Man Records teamed with the late John Fahey‘s Revenant Records to release The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-1932). Housed in an oak cabinet, the expensive object was an elaborate and comprehensive history lesson about the Paramount label, a Wisconsin company that issued early jazz and blues records. Now, Third Man and Revenant have teamed up for another volume, which comes housed in another impressive package.

Out November 18, Volume Two chronicles the period between 1928 and 1932, during which the Mississippi Delta blues genre was born. It features music by Skip James, Charley Patton, Son House, the Mississippi Sheiks, Tommy Johnson, Geeshie Wiley, Willie Brown, King Solomon Hill, and more spread over six LPs and a “sculpted metal” USB drive. In all, it contains 800 tracks from 175 artists. The box also contains a hardcover book about the label’s history and a softcover book of artist biographies and a Paramount discography.

It’s all housed in a polished aluminum and stainless steel cabinet modeled to look like an art deco-style phonograph from the 1930s.

Here’s a trailer for the first volume:

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